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The Angels' two premier sluggers, Mike Trout and Albert Pujols, got the game started on the right foot for the Angels with back-to-back solo home runs in the first inning Sunday off of Yankees starter CC Sabathia to give the Halos a 2-0 lead.

Trout remains in the team lead with 16 home runs on the year and Pujols stays right on his heels with 15.

Pujols' home run was the 535th of his career, putting him one behind Mickey Mantle for 16th on the all-time home run list. It also moved Pujols into 17th by himself. He had previously been tied with Jimmie Foxx at 534 apiece.

Pujols will have to hit another home run Sunday to tie Mantle in New York as Sunday's game concludes the three-game series.

Prior to this at bat, Pujols was 1-for-12 against Sabathia in his career.

In the bottom of the eighth Monday, Albert Pujols hit his second home run of the night, a two-run shot off of Rays reliever Andrew Bellatti to extend the Angels' lead to 7-3. It was his fifth home run in five games and the 533rd home run of his career.

The two-run blast to left-center provided Pujols' 1,628th and 1,629th career RBIs, catching and passing Harold Baines for 30th on the all-time list. Baines played outfield and designated hitter from 1980 to 2001, primarily for the Chicago White Sox.

Pujols is seven RBIs short of the recently-deceased Ernie Banks at 29th on the list.

With this home run, Pujols is just one short of Jimmie Foxx for 17th on the all-time home run list.

The home run is Pujols' 13th on the year, tying Mike Trout, who hit his 13th in the third inning, for the team lead. Pujols is now alone in second in home runs among American League first baseman, behind the Yankees' Mark Teixeira.

Albert Pujols knocked a pitch from Rays starter Alex Colome to left for his 532nd career home run in the bottom of the fifth Monday. The solo shot extended the Angels' lead to 5-3.

Pujols is now two home runs behind Jimmie Foxx for 17th on the all-time home run list. This is his 12th home run in 2015, which is tied for second among American League first baseman. He has hit home runs in four of the past five games.

He is also one behind Mike Trout for the team lead. Trout hit his 13th home run in the bottom of the third.

Pujols now has 1,627 RBIs in his career, one short of Harold Baines for 30th-most of all time.

Albert Pujols smashed his 530th career home run run, sending one into the bullpen in left field in the bottom of the sixth off of Anibal Sanchez. The blast gave the Angels a 2-0 lead after scoring on an Ian Kinsler error in the fourth.

Pujols still trails Jimmie Foxx, with 534l, for 17th on the all-time list. Pujols is second on the active list, trialing Alex Rodriguez.

Albert Pujols hit his 529th career home run in the first inning of Thursday's game off of Tigers starter Buck Farmer. Pujols picked up shortstop Erick Aybar from second on the blast to give the Angels an early 2-0 lead.

Pujols is now five home runs behind Jimmie Foxx for 17th on the all-time home run list. It was his ninth home run of the year and his 18th and 19th RBIs.

Pujols has hit 115 first-inning home runs. The next closest number is 71 home runs in the fifth inning.

This is Farmer's first start of 2015. Farmer allowed 12 earned runs in 9 1/3 innings pitched in 2014. This is the third home run he's allowed in his career.

After a day off yesterday, Albert Pujols announced his presence with a bang, hitting a Rick Porcello pitch into the seats on the Green Monster. Pujols now has 528 career home runs, and is six home runs behind Jimmie Foxx for 17th on the all time list. The blast was Pujols' 290 career home run with the bases empty.

Pujols now has eighth home runs on the yaer, and three on the road trip which included stops in Baltimore and Toronto.

Albert Pujols slugged his 527th career home run in the fourth inning of Monday's game in Toronto, and he's had few home runs that were more certain than this one.

Pujols crushed the ball into the second deck of the Rogers Centre off a pitch from Blue Jays starter Todd Redmond for his seventh of the season.

Pujols is now seven home runs behind Jimmie Foxx for 17th on the all-time home run list.

It was the second home run Pujols has hit in the Rogers Centre. He has hit home runs in 37 ballparks in total, including all 30 active parks. There are now only two active parks in which he has not hit multiple home runs - the Rays' Tropicana Field and the Twins' Target Field.

Albert Pujols hit a solo home run in the top of the seventh Saturday in San Francisco off of Giants starter Time Hudson for the 524th home run of his career. The solo shot lessened the Giants lead to 4-2.

Pujols is now 10 home runs away from Jimmie Foxx for 17th on the all time list and 12 away from Mickey Mantle for 16th.

This was Pujols' 16th home run against the Giants and his fourth against Hudson in 35 career at bats. Pujols has hit .429 and slugged .771 against Hudson in his career.

This was the second hit Hudson had allowed in the game; the other was a solo home run by Mike Trout in the fourth.

Tonight, it will take 70 players, including a more than a dozen substitutes for original selections, to put on the 2011 major-league All-Star game.

I'm not complaining about that, but just imagine an All-Star Game with 18-man rosters, with only three pitchers working for each side?

That was the case in the first All-Star Game, played on July 6, 1933, in Chicago's Comiskey Park. There were only 16 major-league teams then, so the rosters were smaller than today, when there are 16 teams in one league.

The All-Star rosters were chosen by the managers (Connie Mack for the AL, John McGraw for the NL) and the fans.